This excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book "Windows PowerShell in Action," explains how to install PowerShell and how to start the interpreter once it's installed. You'll also review the basic formats of Window's PowerShell's commands, how command-line...
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With network access expanding from the office to the home and even local coffee shops, securing the network perimeter is among a security admin's top concerns. In preparing for the myriad threats that come with remote access, however, it can be ...
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In this column, Christa Anderson explains how to use Windows PowerShell's get-process cmdlet to retrieve information about the processes on your computer and how to kill the unnecessary ones.
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In this excerpt from MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram by Dan Balter and Patrick Regan, learn more about the types of question formats you'll run into while taking a Microsoft certification exam.
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Check out this excerpt from MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment by Dan Balter and Patrick Regan, with info on how to score higher on your 70-290 exams.
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Check out this excerpt from MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment by Dan Balter and Patrick Regan, to find info on the types of question formats you'll come across when taking a Microsoft ...
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Uh oh. You've lost Exchange public folder data. Now what? Refer to this collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for some quick technical advice. Whether you need to recover deleted public folder data or subfolders or restore public folders ...
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Check out Brien Posey's three-part series on the security of removable storage devices to learn how you can use Group Policy to prevent common items like USB drives from corrupting your Windows network. Learn to improve security when removable ...
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You script a task when you expect to be doing that task more than once. But you probably won't run exactly the same task each time. Rather than saving one script for every eventuality, we'll make the scripts able to accept arguments and assign them ...
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